Teen campaigner Greta Thunberg has shot to the top of the news agenda, her impassioned pleas rapidly raising global awareness of the effects humankind is having on the world.

Independent School Parent magazine – autumn 2019, senior edition – examines the independent sector’s approach to this subject and finds that schools’ ‘global outlook’ – and a sense of responsibility for the world – is firmly embedded within their ethos, with young people proactively embracing the challenges.

Kilgraston pupils’ campaign to reduce ‘fast fashion’, single-use plastic and their research into declining bird populations is highlighted on page 20.